Francis St. Paul

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Francis St. Paul
Born: (1979-04-25) April 25, 1979 (age 44)
Los Angeles, California
Career information
Position(s) WR
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight180 lb (82 kg)
College Northern Arizona
NFL draft 2001 / Round: 6 / Pick: 197
Drafted by St. Louis Rams
Career history
As player
2001–02 St. Louis Rams
2002 Pittsburgh Steelers*
2003 Jacksonville Jaguars*
2003 Carolina Panthers*
2004 Ottawa Renegades
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Francis St. Paul (born April 25, 1979) is a former American football wide receiver who was drafted from Northern Arizona University in the 2001 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. He spent two seasons with the Rams on their active roster and practice squad. He also spent time on the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad. He was on the Jacksonville Jaguars preseason roster before signing with the Carolina Panthers in 2003.

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Early years

St. Paul is an alumnus of Daniel Murphy High School, a Roman Catholic high school in Los Angeles, California. At Daniel Murphy, he lettered four times in football and three times in both basketball and track. In 1997, he was CIF Div 4 100 and 200 meters champion.

College career

St. Paul finished his career among the all-time receivers in school history, ranking second in touchdowns (19), ninth in receptions (113) and 10th in receiving yards (1,617). St.Paul also ran track at Northern Arizona. In 2000, he was the Big Sky Conference 100 meters champion (10.48). [1]

Professional career

He was a sixth-round pick of the St. Louis Rams in the 2001 NFL Draft, playing with the Rams on the active roster and practice squad over two seasons including Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans. [2] He also had stints with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars.

On March 5, 2004, St. Paul signed with the Ottawa Renegades of the Canadian Football League. St. Paul was a subsequent training camp cut on June 5, 2004.

Coaching and scouting career

On May 5, 2007, St. Paul was hired as a graduate assistant wide receivers coach at Northern Arizona. In March of the following year, he was promoted to the full-time position as the wide receivers coach. St. Paul also served as the pro liaison for the staff and coordinated the summer camps. During his career at Northern Arizona, St. Paul coached three of the top six single-season receiving leaders in school history while the team has ranked among the top 30 in the nation in passing offense for four straight seasons, including fifth overall in the FCS in passing and total offense in 2009. In addition, his receivers helped the Lumberjacks post the top passing efficiency mark in the Big Sky and rank sixth overall in the nation in 2011. St. Paul is also responsible for developing Khalil Paden in 2011 to a career season. [3] He was an All-Big Sky honorable mention selection, leading the team with 61 receptions, 991 receiving yards and eight touchdowns. Overall, he ranked fifth in the Big Sky in receptions and receiving yards per game.

In 2012, St. Paul resigned from his position as the wide receivers coach at NAU and became a west area scout for the Chicago Bears. [4] He was responsible for the states of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080517024557/http://www.usatf.org/statistics/topMarks/2000/outdoorTF/men.asp 2000 Top USA Marks
  2. ↑ "2001 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  3. ↑ "Wide Receivers Coach St. Paul Resigns - Northern Arizona". www.nauathletics.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "NAU's St. Paul resigns". March 2012.
  5. ↑ "NAU alum now a NFL scout - Jackcentral". Archived from the original on 15 April 2015.
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